I had the same problem but fixed it by linking the new library with the old:
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 180364 Jul 16 2001 /usr/lib/libpng.a lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 Dec 20 13:39 /usr/lib/libpng.so -> libpng.so.2* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 Dec 20 13:37 /usr/lib/libpng.so.2 -> libpng.so.2.1.0.12* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 154588 Jul 16 2001 /usr/lib/libpng.so.2.1.0.12* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 Jan 16 22:54 /usr/lib/libpng.so.3 -> libpng.so.2.1.0.12* -Dave On Thursday 17 January 2002 09:44, you wrote: > Hi! > > On Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 07:48:49AM -0600, Tech At Mathco Dot Com wrote: > > Even after updating to the new abiword on the cooker updates it still > > crashes with incompatible libpng. > > > > Anyone knows what I could try to get it working? > > Shouldn't Abiword have a dependency to a libpng-1.0.12 package and > > require it to be installed sincd its compiled against it? > > abiword works fine on my system. I upgraded my libpng, libpng-devel and > recompiled the necessary original src.rpm (libgdk-pixbuf2, libgtk etc.) > from Mandrake 8.1. Though I find it strange that it requires libpng.so.2, > these messages do not appear on my system. They appear for some kde > proggies where I haven't yet recompiled for the newest png. > > Regards, > > Reinhard